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45 technicians from several regional departments of Education and school districts will receive special training at the National Institute of Vocational Training in Mahamasina. The training, whose main purpose is to improve the quality of education in the primary and secondary schools, will last 5 days. Indeed, according to the Chief of the National Education Department in charge of elementary ... Lire la suite »

The program working to improve urban mobility (PAMU) has just received additional funds for this year, amounting to 500.000 Euros. The aim of such funding is to improve the global transportation system in the urban district of Antananarivo (CUA). According to the Chairman of the Special Delegation of the CUA, Edgar Razafindravahy, “All public transport will be improved. Thus, the ... Lire la suite »

The Sofitrans Group officially inaugurated last Friday its fifth duty free shop located outside the airport area.  This duty free shop destined for tourists is located right within the facilities of the Hotel des Thermes in Antsirabe. Otherwise, the group already possessed 4 duty free shops that are located in some airports around the country. The Sofitrans Group started to ... Lire la suite »

 Within the frame of the global target which aims to promote the Education For All (EFA), the Minister of National Education, Julien Razafimanazato, accompanied by a strong delegation from inside his ministry, visited Paris in order to attend the 11th session of the Education For All (EFA) Working Group on February 2 and 3, 2010 at the UNESCO’s Headquarters. The ... Lire la suite »

In recent days, heavy rains have brought about extensive damages in the southern part of Madagascar. In Amboasary Sud, for example, the numbers of victims already topped 500 individuals. Presently, what is prevailing in this particular region of Madagascar is a real paradox. Generally, the southern regions of Madagascar are best known for being the victims of year-round droughts and ... Lire la suite »

All the data related to the development of Madagascar can now be accessible to anyone through a new website launched by the United Nations System (UNS). Hayzara, such is the name of the website, which literally means knowledge sharing. The establishment of this new web portal is simply a part of the United Nations System’s project to establish a knowledge ... Lire la suite »

The Great Island is among the countries that are invited to participate in the indo-African Summit which is taking place in Mumbai, India, from February 1 until February 15, 2011. The purpose of this summit is to strengthen the ties existing between India and some African countries in diverse areas such as economics, politics, science, technology, research and development, tourism, ... Lire la suite »

Madagascar is ranked in the ninth place among the group of areas that experienced the greatest loss in terms of forests worldwide. According to a list which was established by International Conservation, Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands are equally placed in the seventh place with the same situation as the California Floristic Province and the Coastal Forests of Eastern ... Lire la suite »

Seaboard Corp. has announced that it intends to resume its flour production activities in Madagascar nearly 2 years after the company decided to stop its local flour production. “The first cargo of wheat will arrive in the Great Island by the end of February and we will start the production in March” said Mark Reed, General Manager of Le Moulin ... Lire la suite »

As a result of the collaboration between the Akbaraly Foundation and two different partners, the Instituto Europeo di Oncologia (IEO) and the Veronesi Foundation, two Malagasy doctors namely, Michel Sabotsy, a physician working inside the Oncology Department at the Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona Hospital, and Fara Tanjona Harijay, will go to Milan on January 24, 2011. The doctor, Michel Sabotsy, received ... Lire la suite »